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GB 249 T-DIL/8
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Letter from Robert Burns at Mauchline to [William Nicol]
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- 8 March 1788 (Creation)
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Speaks of his warfare with 'the Flesh'. Has put in an offer for a farm in Nithsdale and is setting out for Edinburgh.
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For ascription of letter, see J. de L. Ferguson, 'Letters of Robert Burns', vol. 1, p. 200.